Although she graduated from GW more than a decade ago, Ohio resident Sue Dembski, GSEHD MA ’03, recently visited Foggy Bottom for the very first time. Dembski, a fourth generation educator who teaches third grade, earned her master’s degree entirely online. At the time, she was living in Milwaukee, WI and couldn’t attend school during […]
“Imagine if you had a vehicle you could park anywhere, didn’t require gas to fuel, and could even pass sitting cars. Imagine the time you would save. Stop imagining.” That’s the motto of the newly launched electric bike company, Riide, based in Washington, DC. Riide offers electric bikes that can be plugged into any standard […]
“Starting a new non-profit is not easy,” says Brian Gadsden, CCAS BA ’93. “I’ve seen many fail while trying to duplicate work that is already being done.” Gadsden knows something about how to make the non-profit life work; he founded the San Francisco,CA-based Urban Ed Academy (UEA), which celebrated its launch in summer 2013. Gadsden, […]
A “rocket scientist” who plays with trains may be one way to refer to alumnus Reg Mitchell, SEAS BS ’65 and MS ’67, but that description alone can’t tell the whole story. On New Year’s Eve in 1945, at the tender age of three and a half years old, Mitchell was awestruck by seeing a […]
Changing the world is just part of the job for Jean-Marc Gorelick, ESIA MA ’09. Gorelick is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Foreign Service Officer currently serving in Afghanistan as a Senior Elections Advisor in Kabul. USAID Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) are responsible for developing and managing foreign assistance programs that encompass […]
When Marie Frohlich, CCAS BA ’85, studied anthropology at GW, she didn’t know she’d one day be a holisitic health coach, collaborating with both individuals and organizations that seek sustainable wellness solutions. But as Frohlich explains, “anthropology is the study of man, and GW’s program was grounding and broad. I still marvel at the amazing […]
In the last five years, Elliot Bell-Krasner, CCAS BA ’08, has been all over the country. Life after graduation has taken Bell-Krasner from Southern New Mexico, where he worked on the first Obama presidential campaign, to a second stint in Washington, DC to get a master’s degree in public policy from American University, to Palm […]
A typical day for the [much buzzed about] Brooklyn-based event design shop Tinsel & Twine is anything but typical, says communications director Erica Taylor, CCAS BA ’06. That’s because the company creates a signature style for each client and event, from floral styling to custom stationery and signage, to lighting installation, prop coordination and event […]
Have you ever had dreams of being a rock star? Meet two GW alumni who are on their way to hitting it big with their Indie-Pop group holychild. Liz Nistico, ESIA BA ’11 and Louie Diller, ESIA BA ’12, met back in 2010 when Diller was an accompanist for Nistico’s dance class. The two ended […]
By day, you can find Christy Phillips Adkins, SPHHS BS ’07, SON BSN ’11, at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, where she serves as the school nurse. The academy is for dedicated adolescent artist-athletes, who rely on Adkins for her expertise, especially when it comes to sports injuries. Adkins, who has degrees […]
